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Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 21

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2 Chronicles 21 NWT - New World Translation2 Chronicles 21 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 21 of 2 Chronicles—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Finally Je·hoshʹa·phat lay down with his forefathers1 and was buried with his forefathers2 in the City of David; and Je·hoʹram3 his son began to reign in place of him.
  2. And he had brothers, Je·hoshʹa·phat’s sons, Az·a·riʹah[a] and Je·hiʹel and Zech·a·riʹah and Az·a·riʹah[b] and Miʹcha·el and Sheph·a·tiʹah, all these being the sons of Je·hoshʹa·phat the king of Israel.[c]
  3. Consequently their father gave them many gifts4 in silver and in gold and in choice things along with fortified cities in Judah;5 but the kingdom he gave to Je·hoʹram,6 for he was the firstborn.7
  4. ¶ When Je·hoʹram rose up over the kingdom of his father he proceeded to make his position strong, and so he killed all his brothers8 with the sword and also some of the princes of Israel.
  5. Thirty-two years old was Je·hoʹram when he began to reign, and for eight years he reigned9 in Jerusalem.
  6. And he went on walking in the way of the kings of Israel,10 just as those of the house of Aʹhab had done; for Aʹhab’s own daughter had become his wife,11 and he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes.12
  7. And Jehovah did not want to bring the house of David to ruin,13 for the sake of the covenant14 that he had concluded with David, and just as he had said he would give him15 and his sons a lamp always.16
  8. ¶ In his days Eʹdom17 revolted from under the hand of Judah18 and then made a king to reign over them.19
  9. So Je·hoʹram together with his chiefs passed over and also all the chariots with him. And it came about that he rose up by night and went striking down the Eʹdom·ites that were surrounding him and also the chiefs of the chariots.
  10. But Eʹdom kept up its revolt from under the hand of Judah down to this day. It was then that Libʹnah20 began to revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had left Jehovah the God of his forefathers.21
  11. He himself also had made high places22 on the mountains of Judah, that he might cause the inhabitants of Jerusalem to have immoral intercourse,23 and that he might drive Judah away.24
  12. ¶ Eventually there came a writing25 to him from E·liʹjah[d]26 the prophet, saying: “This is what Jehovah the God of David your forefather has said, ‘Due to the fact that you have not walked in the ways of Je·hoshʹa·phat27 your father or in the ways of Aʹsa28 the king of Judah,
  13. but you walk in the way of the kings of Israel29 and cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to have immoral intercourse30 the same way that the house of Aʹhab caused the having of immoral intercourse,31 and even your own brothers, the household of your father, who were better than you, you have killed;32
  14. look! Jehovah is dealing a great blow33 to your people34 and to your sons35 and to your wives and to all your goods.
  15. And you will be with many sicknesses,36 with a malady of your intestines, until your intestines have come out because of the sickness day by day.’”37
  16. ¶ Accordingly Jehovah aroused against Je·hoʹram the spirit38 of the Phi·lisʹtines39 and the Arabs40 that were by the side[e] of the E·thi·oʹpi·ans.[f]41
  17. So they came up into Judah and forced it open and took captive all the goods that were to be found in the king’s house and also his sons42 and his wives,43 and there was not left to him a son but Je·hoʹa·haz,44 his youngest son.
  18. And after all this Jehovah plagued him in his intestines with a sickness for which there was no healing.45
  19. And it came about that in the days to come, even when the term of two full years had expired, his intestines46 came out during his sickness, and he gradually died in his bad maladies; and his people did not make a burning for him like the burning47 for his forefathers.
  20. Thirty-two years old he happened to be when he began to reign, and for eight years he reigned in Jerusalem. Finally he went away without being desired.48 So they buried him in the City of David,49 but not in the burial places of the kings.50

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Azariah.” Heb., ʽAzar·yahʹ.
  2. ^ “And Azariah.” Heb., wa·ʽAzar·yaʹhu.
  3. ^ “Israel,” M(Heb., Yis·ra·ʼelʹ)Vg; LXXSyVgc and about 40 Heb. mss, “Judah.”
  4. ^ “From Elijah.” Heb., me·ʼE·li·yaʹhu; the only mention of Elijah in Chronicles. See 1Ki 17:1 ftn, “Elijah.”
  5. ^ Or, “were under the control.”
  6. ^ “Ethiopians,” LXXVg; Heb., Ku·shimʹ, “Cushites.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ki 22:50
  2. ^ 2Ch 32:33
  3. ^ 2Ki 8:16
  4. ^ Ge 25:6
  5. ^ 2Ch 11:23; Pr 13:22
  6. ^ 2Ki 8:16
  7. ^ Ge 43:33
  8. ^ Ge 4:8; Jg 9:5
  9. ^ 2Ki 8:17
  10. ^ 1Ki 14:9; Ho 4:3
  11. ^ 2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 22:2; Ne 13:26
  12. ^ 1Sa 2:30; 1Ki 16:25; 2Ch 29:6
  13. ^ 2Sa 7:16
  14. ^ 2Sa 23:5; Ps 89:28; Je 33:21
  15. ^ 2Sa 7:12
  16. ^ 1Ki 11:36; 2Ki 8:19; Ps 132:11
  17. ^ Ge 27:40
  18. ^ 2Ki 8:20
  19. ^ 1Ki 22:47
  20. ^ Jos 21:13; 2Ki 19:8
  21. ^ Ex 3:6; De 32:21; 1Ki 11:33; 2Ch 15:2; Je 2:13
  22. ^ De 12:2
  23. ^ 2Ki 21:11; Re 2:20
  24. ^ De 4:27
  25. ^ Jn 3:13
  26. ^ 2Ki 2:1, 11
  27. ^ 2Ch 17:3
  28. ^ 1Ki 15:11; 2Ch 14:5
  29. ^ 1Ki 16:25, 33
  30. ^ Ex 34:15; Je 3:8
  31. ^ 2Ki 9:22; 2Ch 21:11
  32. ^ Ex 20:13; 2Ch 21:4
  33. ^ De 28:22
  34. ^ Le 26:21; Ho 5:11; Mc 6:16
  35. ^ Ex 20:5
  36. ^ De 28:61; Ac 12:23
  37. ^ De 28:21
  38. ^ 1Ki 11:14; 2Ch 33:11; Ezr 1:1; Is 10:5
  39. ^ Jos 13:2; 2Sa 8:1
  40. ^ 2Ch 9:14; 17:11
  41. ^ 2Ki 19:9; 2Ch 12:3; 14:12
  42. ^ 1Ki 14:26
  43. ^ 1Sa 30:3
  44. ^ 2Ch 22:6; 25:23
  45. ^ De 28:59; 2Ch 21:15; Ec 3:17; Ac 12:23
  46. ^ 2Sa 20:10
  47. ^ 2Ch 16:14; Je 34:5
  48. ^ Pr 10:7; 11:10; 29:2; Ec 8:10; Je 22:18
  49. ^ 1Ki 2:10
  50. ^ 2Ch 24:25; 28:27

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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